Counter-terorrism labs meant to fight bioterrorism like the Arkansas Department of Health have instead started to help police identify a synthetic drug that produces a marijuana-like high and has sent hundreds to the hospital. The lab typically creates tests, such … Read More

An inquiry into to the conduct of Dr. Wouter Basson, the head of South Africa’s apartheid-era biological weapons program, is set to resume this week in Pretoria, South Africa. Basson, a cardiologist by training, is seeking to be discharged of … Read More

The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency issued a request on Wednesday for information on the development of a handheld device that could be used by front-line soldiers to identify and characterize biothreats and disease agents. The information request, released by … Read More

In a special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, experts reflected on 2011 and looked ahead to 2012 for the areas of nuclear weapons, biosecurity, nuclear energy and climate change. Gerald Epstein, the director of the Center for … Read More

The Center for Biosecurity recently announced the launch of its Clinicians’ Biosecurity Resource app for the iPhone. The CBR was designed to give physicians the critical information needed to recognize the signs and symptoms of illnesses caused by six potential … Read More

The World Health Organization recently announced its intention to hold an international forum to discuss whether scientific research should be published if some nations fear doing so could help terrorists acquire biological weapons. The meeting is considered to be in … Read More

Johnson County, Kansas, recently held a drill designed to test its ability to dispense medical countermeasures in the event of biological emergency. The public health emergency preparedness plan is in place to organize the handing out of medicines if there … Read More

More than 165 animals are believed to have recently died in an ongoing anthrax outbreak in a Zimbabwe national park. Read More

An urban legend about the existence of samples of Tide laundry detergent containing anthrax has resurfaced again in internet queries and online forums. Read More

Despite recent research in the Netherlands and Wisconsin that made a contagious version of avian-flu airborne, public health officials in California and the Sacramento area remain prepared and unconcerned. Read More